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  1. February 19, 2021

    Indicted Poultry Exec Gets Some COVID Jury Impact Details

    A Colorado federal judge granted a limited set of discovery Thursday into how COVID-19 impacted the pool of grand jurors who indicted poultry executives accused of price-fixing.

  2. February 09, 2021

    DOJ Says Poultry Execs Can't Have Firms' Legal Analyses

    U.S. Department of Justice prosecutors urged a Colorado federal judge Monday not to give indicted poultry executives unredacted "white papers" from major chicken producers that argue the companies themselves should not face criminal charges for price-fixing, with the government lawyers contending the execs are not entitled to the material.

  3. January 03, 2021

    Antitrust Conduct Cases To Watch In 2021

    U.S. technology companies are facing a mountain of antitrust litigation heading into 2021, as enforcers push blockbuster monopolization cases against Google and Facebook. Meanwhile, long-running criminal probes in the generic drug and poultry industries are heating up. Here’s a look at the biggest antitrust conduct cases to watch.

  4. December 15, 2020

    DOJ Tells Court To Toss Poultry Execs' Request For More Info

    The U.S. Department of Justice urged a Colorado federal court on Monday to reject a bid from poultry executives to get a list of details about the price-fixing charges against them, claiming the executives and their counsel have been provided adequate information about the charges through discovery and other information the government has already given.

  5. November 18, 2020

    Poultry Execs Get Jury Materials In Chicken Price-Fix Probe

    Poultry executives charged with taking part in a price-fixing conspiracy will now have access to the materials that their grand jury saw when weighing the accusations laid against them, a Colorado federal court has ruled.

  6. November 04, 2020

    Poultry Manager Says DOJ Jury Secrecy Concerns 'Misplaced'

    A poultry manager accused of taking part in a price-fixing conspiracy told a Colorado federal court that federal prosecutors' concerns over his request for materials about the jury selection in his case were "misplaced," stating in a Tuesday filing that his discovery bid did not include materials that would compromise jury secrecy.

  7. October 27, 2020

    DOJ Says Poultry Manager Wants To Intrude On 'Jury Secrecy'

    Federal prosecutors on Monday urged a Colorado federal court to deny parts of a discovery bid from a poultry manager accused of taking part in a broader price-fixing conspiracy in the broiler chicken industry, who is seeking materials about the selection of the jury in his case.

  8. October 07, 2020

    6 More Poultry Execs Indicted In Chicken Price-Fixing Probe

    In connection with an ongoing U.S. Department of Justice investigation, a Denver grand jury on Wednesday charged six additional poultry executives and employees with price-fixing in the broiler chicken industry, including a second former CEO of Pilgrim's Pride.

  9. August 07, 2020

    No Safari In Tanzania For Indicted Chicken Exec, Judge Says

    A chicken company executive indicted in an alleged price-fixing plot can't take a summer trip to Tanzania, a Colorado federal magistrate ruled after prosecutors voiced worries that the defendant's plans for a safari hunt could instead lead to a manhunt.

  10. July 22, 2020

    Indicted Chicken Co. Exec., DOJ Clash Over Int'l Safari Trip

    An executive of one of the country's largest chicken producers, who's awaiting trial on criminal price-fixing charges, balked at federal prosecutors' bid in Colorado federal court to block his travel to Tanzania for a planned safari hunt and rebuked the prosecutors' assertion that he may possibly flee and trigger a complicated extradition process.

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